After exploding out of the block at the last Australian Fashion Week, Rachel Rutt the 17 year old Singaporean/Australian is sweeping through Manhattan and creating quite the storm. Blue chip photographers are taking a first look, show casting directors are weighing that walk and editors are mulling whether Rachel is that next big Next breakout star. Stay tuned to OTM for more Rachel moments.

I don't think she has it. But, that shouldn't keep me from posting this awesome find!frockwriter

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"The Year of the Rutt"
May 18, 2009.

I first noticed Rachel Rutt one year ago, after Chic Management included her in the agency's RAFW 2008 newbies list when I was compiling this NEWS.com.au blog post on the season's new faces. One month later, when local media caught onto the lack of runway diversity story, which provided the catalyst for Vogue Italia's all-black July 2008 edition, the Eurasian beauty, who is half Singaporean and half English, told The Australian that the local fashion industry was "very Caucasian-oriented". But we didn't have to wait long before seeing a lot more of Rutt. In August, she walked in the David Jones Spring/Summer 0809 show and booked a series of lookbooks, from Akira to Gail Sorronda to Minty Meets Munt. And as became increasingly obvious at this year's RAFW, 18 year-old Rutt was Chic Management's breakout star at the event, walking in more shows than any other Chic Management model according to the agency.